Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gold Seal Dairy delivery trucks
- Gold Seal Dairy delivery trucks are parked near a building at 408 East 7th (Seventh) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Milk crates are near the trucks with signs that read: "Gold Seal Dairies, Inc. Wholesalers Retailers [?]". A sign on a nearby building...
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- American Railway Express trucks
- American Railway Express delivery trucks are parked on a cobblestone street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a policeman with a night stick, two well dressed men, and delivery truck drivers. Sign on buildings read: "The Radium Company of Colorado, Inc.,"...
- American Railway Express--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, March 27
- Fleet of Republic Trucks sold the Axial Basin Development Co. at Axial, Colo.
- View of Republic trucks parked in front of the U.S. Post Office building in Denver, Colorado. A driver sits in each vehicle. The new trucks have initials "A.B.D. Co. [Axial Basin Development Company]." Commercial buildings and a church are in the...
- Axial Basin Development Company--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1919 April
- Gold Seal Dairy
- Delivery trucks are parked near the Gold Seal Dairy building at 408 East 7th (Seventh) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the trucks and building read: "Phone South 1399", "Gold Seal Daries Inc. Wholesalers Retailers Pasteurized Gold Seal Milk...
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Old Wazee Market bldgs.
- View of automobiles and pick-up trucks at the Wazee Market in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the side of the trucks read: "Louis Coo[...] Plumbing [...]" and "Dachman Produce Co. Fruits Vegetables & Eggs." The Daniels and Fisher Tower is in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Neighborhood House Association, summer camp outing
- Men, women, and children sit in a caravan of trucks and cars in front of the Denver Post building at 1563 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. They prepare to leave for a summer camp in Glenisle (Park County), Colorado run by the Neighborhood House...
- Denver Post--Buildings--1920-1930.; Neighborhood House Association (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper...
- 1922 July 12
- Valverde School kindergarten boys with toy trucks
- Photograph of some kindergarten boys from Valverde Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. The boys stand in a row. In front of them are some hand made toy trucks that they had made.
- Kindergartens.; Valverde School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- E.J. Brown Garage and Transfer Co.
- Men and women pose in front of the "E.J. Brown Garage and Transfer Co." building, possibly near 25th (Twenty Fifth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows parked trucks and street railway tracks. The warehouse has arched windows, parapet,...
- E.J. Brown Garage and Transfer Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1926?]
- Market Street traffic control proposal
- Reproduction of a sketch of Market Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows cars, trucks, warehouses, and median dividers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948 June 22
- Blayney-Murphy Company
- Men pose by pick-up trucks near the Blayney Murphy Company at 48th (Forty-eighth) Avenue and Gilpin Street (Brighton Boulevard) in the Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The slaughterhouse has a tower topped with a flagpole. Lettering on the...
- Blayney-Murphy Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [either 1923 or 1924]
- Rocky Mountain Federal Sales, Denver
- View of Rocky Mountain Federal Sales building and garage in Denver, Colorado; shows flat-bed trucks, gas pumps, and signs: "Mobilgas," "Rocky Mountain Federal Sales," "Service," and "Federal Trucks." Brick building has sign: "Colorado Casket Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Sandow Building
- View of the Sandow Building in Denver, Colorado. Men stand near pick-up trucks parked nearby. Signs read: "Sandow Trucks" and "Sandow Building."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Amoco building fire
- A firefighter uses a ladder to rescue a construction worker at the partially constructed Amoco Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue and Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. Other firemen pull hoses up to the third floor. Fire trucks and pick-up...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Fire fighting--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1979 January 11]
- Explosion at 749 Broadway Street, Denver
- Fire trucks, cars, and people crowd Broadway Street in Denver, Colorado; storefronts have damage. Signs read: "Quinn & McGill Factory Service Station," "H.W. Nitsch Used Trucks," and "Eversman Mfg. Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Explosions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire fighting--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1941 June
- Denver Tramway trolley car, number 314, type ELECTRIC and number 346, type ELECTRIC
- Car bodies without trucks and other equipment, loaded on flat- bed trucks. Photographed: Denver, Colo., August 3, 1950.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1950.; Trolley cars--1950-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)
- 1950
- Wholesale and manufacturing district, Pueblo, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of commercial district, Pueblo, Colorado. Signs on buildings include: "Auto Loans," "Glass, The Florman Mfg. Co., Glass," "Bronze Gas Drive-In," "Florman's Paints & Glass," "Gas Shell Oil" (and logo), "Bernstein Bros. Pipe &...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Valverde School dandelion picking project
- Photograph of kindergarten students at Valverde Elementary School in Denver, Colorado after they finished picking dandelions off the school's lawn. Pictured are two rows of students, the boys standing facing the camera, with the girls kneeling...
- Kindergartens.; Valverde School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Excavation dump trucks and equipment
- Men pose with a line of dump trucks, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows an excavation site that includes machinery with pulleys, cranes, conveyor belts and drills. Smokestacks, piles of unearthed material, storage tanks, a railroad car labeled:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc. building and trucks
- View of the Gold Seal Dairy, in Denver, Colorado; delivery trucks and cream cans are on 7th (Seventh) Street; sign reads: "Gold Seal Dairies."
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc. building and trucks
- View of the Gold Seal Dairy, in Denver, Colorado; delivery trucks and cream cans are on 7th (Seventh) Street; sign reads: "Gold Seal Dairies."
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc. - trucks
- View of the Gold Seal Dairy parking lot, in Denver, Colorado; shows delivery trucks and a man with a cream cans on 7th (Seventh) Street.
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Tunnel const (trucks) on Cutoff
- Construction on a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Dotsero Cutoff tunnel in Eagle County, Colorado, consists of a chute, dump trucks, and men working in the wood-framed opening.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Dotsero Cutoff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Eagle...
- 1934
- RG Motorway - 4 trucks in front of Colo State Capitol
- View of Rio Grande Motor Way trucks, one has an over-the-cab section, parked by the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Cars are parked in the background; a United States flag waves by the dome.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc.--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Trucks dumping in canyon
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction consists of dump trucks between tracks and a river, in (probably) Colorado or Utah.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Dump trucks--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Rivers--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Stone house, 3 trucks
- Two story rusticated stone house with a turret and arched porch probably in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on the front steps reads: "Being Wrecked by McRea Wrecking Co. AL. 4142." Two McCrea trucks are parked near the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Trucks used for Pike's Peak endurance climb
- Men pose near trucks parked by the Harrison Motor Car Company at Broadway and Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Autocar Truck The Harrison Motor Car Co.," and "Harrison Automobile Service Bond Free Inspection."
- Harrison Motor Car Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Swift and Company trucks
- View of Swift and Company delivery trucks and drivers in Denver, Colorado; also shows a drinking fountain and a loading dock with canopy.
- Swift & Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Loading docks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Ford-Smith A-Form trucks and cleaners
- View of street cleaning equipment in Denver, Colorado; shows trucks, sweeper wagons, and men. A City Streets Department tower is in the background.
- Street cleaning--Equipment and supplies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918 July
- First heavy duty trucks used by company
- Men pose with Mountain States Telephone and Telephone Company trucks on Champa Street, in Denver, Colorado; lettering on vehicles and on an incised stone arch reads: "Telephone Building," "Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company." A house...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Line of Pepsi Trucks in front of City and County Building
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 3 and 4, 1920 April-May
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Boys Warehouse on 13th Avenue
- Delivery trucks are pulled up to the loading dock at the Boys' Warehouse on Thirteenth Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Shows a gas pump and stacks of boxes. Men relax outside an open door.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Western State Auto Co.
- Men and a boy pose by Ford cars and trucks and a corrugated metal building at the Western State Auto Company in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; signs read "Ford Weekly Purchase Plan Enrolls You! Let Us Give You Full Particulars." The Roan Cliffs...
- Western State Auto Co. (Rifle, Colo.)--Products--1900-1910.; Ford automobile--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Western State Auto Co.
- A boy in knee pants poses by cars, trucks, and a corrugated metal building at the Western State Auto Company in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; signs read "Ford Dealers."
- Western State Auto Co. (Rifle, Colo.)--Products--1900-1910.; Ford automobile--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Dr. Nininger, meteorite
- View of men, who include Dr. Harvey H. Nininger, stand beside pick-up trucks and probably a churn shot drill possibly in Saguache County, Colorado; the drill is labeled: "L[?] Dieckman Moffat Colo." Shows a horse-drawn wagon containing barrels.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1940-1950.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Ford delivery
- View of a Ford delivery truck used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Denver, Colorado. A bell logo is painted on the side of the truck and lettering reads: "Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Company, Local and Long Distance...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Industries construction men with early trucks at work near Alameda
- Workmen carry metal rods past pick-up trucks near the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Utility poles are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lifting & carrying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Salida Transfer
- View of the Salida Transfer company office, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the stucco and sandstone building with extruded plastic letters: "Salida Transfer, Gene Coleman Owner." Parked trucks include a 1960's semi and a pre-1910 model.
- Salida Transfer (Salida, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shipping--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Trucks--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Men work by trucks and graded earth at the edge of Monument Creek, below the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The 1936 concrete structure composed of block shapes, with arcaded, square columned porches, was designed...
- Meem, John Gaw 1894--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Monument Creek (El Paso County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Galleries &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- D. F. D. fire trucks involved in a collision
- Spectators stand near automobiles parked by the scene of an accident between two Denver Fire Department trucks in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Seventh Ave. Garage with two model-A Fords owned by the Gold Seal Delivery
- View of Gold Seal Delivery Inc. panel trucks parked in front of the 7th (Seventh) Avenue Garage in Denver, Colorado. Business signs on building read: "Repairing, Tires And Tubes, Drive In, Gas & Oil."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Denver fire trucks - accident
- Shows the wreckage of Denver Fire trucks, the result of an accident. A carriage portion of a fire engine rests overturned in the middle of the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- July 17, 1939
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc. truck
- View of delivery trucks in Denver, Colorado; letters read: "PUC 464," and "Gold Seal Dairies."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Transporting elk
- An elk walks near a truck with a wooden bed probably in Colorado. Men stand on the back of the truck that has a sign that reads: "Motor Trucks For Country Hauling".
- Elk--Colorado--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Gold Seal Dairy
- Men load delivery trucks that are parked near the Gold Seal Dairy at 408 East 7th Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Home Of The Gold Seal Dairies Inc Wholesalers Retailers Phone South 1399" and "Storage Repairing Car Washin[g]".
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Road construction
- View of construction in Colorado; shows excavation, men, dump trucks, and a steam shovel.
- Construction--Colorado--1920-1940.; Dump trucks--Colorado--1920-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1920-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Steam shovel and trucks - Glenwood Canyon
- View of Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad construction, a steam shovel, dump trucks, and the Colorado River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]